Re: Andersen 400 Series Security contacts

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't ever use a spade bit on an expensive window...infact I've stopped
using 3/8" spade bits for press fit contacts altogether...no matter how
careful you are the hole is always slightly too big for the switch.

I like the split tip or the split brad point bits the best. I use the spades
for rough work and big ship augers for new construction rough-ins.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





"Buggs" <thatsallfolksl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6xRti.52442$vS1.51160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Jim wrote:
| > On Aug 6, 12:02?am, "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > wrote:
| >> No doesn't help, makes it harder for you if you want to do tops and
| >> bottoms...you'll have to use recessed contacts...run wires to top and
| >> bottom...not hit any internal mechanisms...get switch/contact
| >> alignments just right so you don't have falses (which you will if
| >> the client leaves the window unlatched and the top window slides
| >> down.
| >>
| >> Anderson Types...moderate nightmare
| >> Anderson Types Double Hung...shoot yourself then quadruple your labor
| >> charge.
| >>
| >> Have fun man...sheesh I hate dem things.
| >>
| >> Oh yeah...buy new drill bits, don't use old bits.
| >>
| > Here's a little hint about drilling. I learned it from working on
| > fiberglass, when doing repairs and such on the boat.
| >
| > When drilling into fiberglass, if you start drilling in the forward
| > direction, the gel coat will splinter and the edges of the drilled
| > hole will chip away, leaving the undercoat exposed. The cure is to
| > start the hole by running the bit in reverse, making an indentation
| > the full diameter of the bit, in the gel coat first.
| >
| > When drilling into vinyl, put your drill in reverse and press into the
| > vinyl making an indentation with the point of the bit. Stop the drill.
| > Put it in forward and at a slow speed, start drilling the vinyl. Don't
| > press hard.
| >
| > You'll notice that the bit doesn't grab and pull the vinyl out making
| > that little "pimple" that causes you not to be able mount anything
| > flat against the surface.
| >
| > Bass has already stolen this, so it doesn't matter.
| >
| > It's really too bad he's such a fucking ass hole.
|
| Or you can just use a sharp brad point or spade bit and do it right the
| first time.
| js
|
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